Quill or cop winding machine.



No. 823,789; PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906.

H. KAUFMANN. QUILL OR COP WINDING MACHINE.

I APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 22, 1906.

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QUILL OR COP WINDING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 19, 1906.

Application filed June 22,1905. Serial No- 266.388-

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HEINRICH KAUFMANN, States, residing at College Point, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Quill or Cop Windin Machines, of which the following is a spec' cation, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide a machine whereon quills or cops maybe wound with silk in order to prepare them for use in the weaving of ribbons and the like, a further object being to provide a machine of this class whereon "a plurality of quills or cops maybe wound and on which said quills or cops may be made of different lengths and diiferent thicknesses of silk, and a stillfurther object being to provide a machine of the class mentioned and as hereinafter described and claimed in which the operation of winding is automatically stopped in the event of breakage of one of the silk threads being wound on a corresponding quill and in which the said windin is also automatically stopped when the qui 1 has been wound to the desired thickness. The invention is fullydisclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a front view of my improved quill-winding machine; Fig. 2, a lan view thereof; Fig. 3, an end view thereo in the direction of the arrow as of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1 Fig. 5, a top plan view, somewhat enlarged, of a detail of the construction shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 6, an edge view of the detail shown in Fig. 5 Fi 7, a

bottom plan view thereof; Fig. 8, an en arged sectional view of another detail of the construction, and Fig. 9 an enlarged sectional view of an automatic stoppage device which I employ.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown a frame 0,, comprising side members a and a mounted on and connected with a table a which forms a part of said frame, and the side member a is provided with outwardly-directed supports a which are also connected with the table a, provided each with a longitudinal slot a and mounted over the supports a are supplemental supports (H, which are also connected with the side member a of the frame and in which are mounted longitudinally-movable rods 6, which extend transversely across the front and back of the frame near the top thereof.

' Adjustably and slidably mounted in the supports a are blocks 0, to the tops of which are pivoted crank-levers 0 the longer arms of which are directed upwardly, and mounted in the. upwardly-directed arms of the said crank-levers are slidable rods 0 which are pivotally and adjustably connected with the rods 1), as shown at 0 and the other arms of the crank-levers c are provided with slots 0 in which are placed adjustable tongues 0 which operate in a cam-groove (Z, formed in a cam-block d mounted on a vertical shaft (1 between the supports a The lower end of the shaft i is provided with a bevel-gear (2 which meshes with a bevel-gear d mounted on a horizontal bar d", supported below the table a, and the bar d is provided with bandwheels d and with pulley-wheels d and d.

The side members a and a of the frame a are held together at the tops thereof by means of transverse rods-e, to each of which is secured a pair of oppositely-directed brackets or supports 6 and in each of the pairs of brackets or supports 6 is placed a rod and the said oppositely-directed brackets or supports 6 vin connection with the rods 6 form rectangular frames in the top of the main frame, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and the dia onally-opposite brackets or supports 6 of t le separate pairs of brackets or are provlded at their outer ends with yokes e andthe other diagonally-arranged brackets or supports 6 of the separate pairs of brackets or supports are provided with spring-operated pins or bolts e The yokes e are-provided with shafts e, arranged in line with the spring-operated pins or bolts 6 and rotatably mounted therein, and the shafts e are provided with pulleys e which are secured thereon and which are connected with the corresponding pulleysd and d on the shaft (1 by means of belts or bands a by which the pulleys emay be rotated.

Pivoted to the yokes e*, as shown in Figs. 5 and 7, are arms f, which are normally forced to the left, as in'Fig. 5, and to the right, as in Fig. 7, by means of springs f and. pivotally secured to the arms f are clutch-rods supports IOO IIO

which are movable transversely of said yokes, and the rods f extend at their inner ends to a point adjacent to the center of the machine at the top thereof, and the outer ends of said rods are provided with inwardlydirected arms f and with two outwardly-directed arms f and f and the arm f 5 carries a roller f 7 at the end thereof and the arm f carries a bearing wheel or disk f 8 at the end thereof, and the roller f 7 is'adapted to rest on quills or cops g, upon which the silk is adapted to be wound, and the rods f 3 are also provided with pins f which are adapted to rest in recesses in the yokes e and are held therein by means of the springs f and it will be seen that if the rods f be drawn outwardly and partially rotated the pins f 9 remain outside of the recesses in the yokes a as clearly shown in Fig. 6, and when the rotation of said rods is reversed by any means the springs f force the rods f backwardly until the pins f 9 again enter the said recesses. The outer ends of the arms f, as shown in Figs. 2, 5, and 7, rest against the pulleys e and when the rods 3 are drawn outwardly the pulleys e are moved correspondingly, as will be readily understood, and the pulleys e are provided with recesses in the face thereof opposite the arms f, and said recesses are adapted to receive and engage projections g on the clutch-disks g mounted in the yokes (2*, and the disks g are provided with shanks g, which are provided with projecting members 9 adapted to enter similar recesses in the adjacent ends of the quills or cops g, and it will be seen that when the rods f 3 are drawn outwardly and partially rotated the pulleys e which are always rotating in the operation of the machine, engage with the disks g and said disks are also rotated thereby, aswell as the quills or cops g, connected thereto, and when the rods f are rotated reversely the pulleys e are disengaged from the disks g and the rotation thereof, as well as of the quills or cops g, ceases.

Mounted on the table a are supports h, to the tops of which are pivoted separate sets of thread-guiding arms if", provided at their ends with guiding-rollers 72, and pivotally mounted centrally of the supports it are cylindrical casings h, which are provided at their ends with transverse rods h within which are placed spheres or balls h, which serve to hold said casings in their upwardlydirected positions and when the balance thereof is disturbed to force said casings into their alternate or lower position, as clearly shown in Fig. 9, and pivotally connected with the casings h are vertical rods h, which are adjustably connected with the arms f 4 of the corresponding rods f and it will be seen that when the casings h are forced into their alternate positions the vertical rods k are drawn downwardly, thereby rotating the corresponding rods f 3 backwardly into a po'- sition where the pins f thereof enter the recesses in the yokes e.

Secured to the table a at the opposite sides thereof and below the supports it are spoolholders 'l, provided with a plurality of pins i", which are adapted to receive a corresponding number of spools of silk, and directly above the spool-holders i are rollers iflwhich serve as guides for the said silk.

Mounted on the longitudinally-movable rods 1) and adjacent to the position of the quills or cops g are upwardly-directed eyeletarms 1c, provided with eyelets 7c in the upper ends thereof and which also carry the rollers 7c, arranged in front of the eyelets 7c", and it will be understood that while the arms is may be rotated on the corresponding rods 1) a certain amount of force is necessary to rotate the same and the reason for which will be hereinafter described.

The operation of the machine is as follows, reference being had to the position of the parts as shown at the right-hand side of Fig. 4, and in this position of the parts the silk from the spools mounted on the holders 'L passes from the rollers i over the corresponding rollers of the arms 71/2, and thence to the rollers 70, where the various threads are assembled, and thence from the eyelets k to the quills or cops g upon which it is desired to wind the said silk, and when the silk has been so passed to the quills or cops the machinery may be started and the shafts c rotate the pulleys e by means of the belts a which are driven by the shafts d, which also rotate the shaft (1 and the cam-block (Z and in the operation of the cam-block d the crank-levers c are oscillated alternately on their pivotal points as will be understood, thereby reciprocating the rods b backwardly and forwardly or longitudinally in the supports (1, and when the quills or cops g are inserted between the spring-operated bolts 6 and the shanks g of the disks g the rods f are drawn out and rotated slightly toward the front of the machine until the pins f thereof are held outside of the recesses in the arms a, and in this position of the rods f, as previously described, the quills or cops g are rotated by means of the pulleys a and the silk is wound thereon, and this winding is accomplished spirally by means of the horizontal movement of the eyelets 7c", and if the rollers f 7 be set at a certain distance from the quills or cops g the silk being wound on said quills will in time touch the said rollers and force the same away from the quills or cops until the pins f of the rods f 3 spring into the recesses of the yokes e, at which time the rotation of the quills or cops ceases, and it will be seen that in this way the thickness of the windings on the quills or cops may be accurately determined, and in this operation of the rollers f the wheels or disks f 8 are forced outwardly, as shown at the left of Fig. 4, and when the eyelet-holders 7c encounter the said wheels or disks in their oscillation the said holders are forced away from thesilk has been wound on the quills or cops g, thereby preventing injury thereto, and the quills or cops may then be removed from the machine and new ones inserted; 7 l

The yokes e which'carry the spring-oper ated bolts 6 are adjustable on the rod e and by means of this adjustment my invention may be adapted to quills or cops of greater or less length, and the winding of the silk thereon may be accomplished at any desired point byv means of the adjustable connection at c in Fig. '1, andthe length of said winding on thequills or cops 9 maybe determined by means of the blocks 0 on the supports a it being obvious that the farther thepivotal point ofthe crank-levers c is moved from the axial plane of the shaft d with a corresponding adjustmentof the bolts 0 the smaller the movement of the rods 1), and consequently of the eyelet-holders'k, and the silk winding is accomplished for a less length than when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1, and

this adjustment of the length of the winding on the quills or cops g is independent of the opposite side of the machine, and it will be seen that two different lengths of quills or I cops with two different lengths of windings and two different thicknesses thereofmay be produced by means of my machine, as shown,

and all of which is accomplished by means of a common power wheel or shaft."

In machines of this class a plurality of silk threads are generallyyemployed in the winding of the quills or copscorresponding to the use to which the silk is to be put the drawings forming part of this specificationshowing a machine arranged for six individual threads, and each of these threads is connected with a corresponding arm W, and if one of these silk threads is broken in the operation of the machine the corresponding arm h thereof strikes the corresponding transverse arm k of the corresponding casing h, thereby destroying the balance in the operation thereof on its pivotal support, and the ball h therein rolling outwardly throws the casing h into the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 9, and this operation, as previously described, rotates the corresponding rod f 3 inwardly, and thereby stops the rotation of the corresponding quill or cop, and the winding of the sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

Y 1. silk-winding machine, comprising a frame, a quill rotatably and detachably mounted therein, devices for guiding silk ontosaid quill and means for rotating said quill; a plurality of pivoted arms, each of which is adapted to engage one of'the silk threads being wound on said quill, and devices for stopping the'rotation of said'quill when one of said threads is broken and the corresponding one of said pivoted arms is thereby released, comprising a pivotallymounted casing provided with outwardly-directed arms adaptedto be struck-by said pivoted arms, a ball mounted in said casing, a clutch in operative connection with the power-shaftv of said machine and with the said quill and a rodin operative connection 7 with said'casing and with said clutch for releasing the same when said casing is forced downwardly, substantially as shown and described. I

2. In a machine of the class described,a horizontally-movable rod, and eyelet-holder mounted thereon, a quill-holder mounted ad'- j acent to said rod and comprising a pulley, a glutch-disk movable toward and from said pulley and provided with a shank adapted to engage one" end of the quill, means for supporting the other end of said quill, a clutchrod movable'parallel with the quill when the latter is in, positionand providedwith two outwardly-directed arms between which the coupling is placed, one of said arms being provided with a roller and the other with a disk which projects beyond the quill in the direction of the eyelet-holder, and a pivoted arm connected with the clutch-rod and adapted to move the pulley toward and from the clutch-disk, substantially as shown and described. g

3. In a-machine of the class described, a horizontally-reciprocating rod, and eyeletholder connected therewith, and means for supporting a quill parallel with the reciprocating rod, comprising ayoke provided with a clutch-disk having a shank adapted to engage one end of said quill, a pulley movable toward and from said clutch-disk, the other end of said quill being supported by a springoperated pin, a clutch-rod mounted in said yoke and movable parallel with the quillsupports and provided with outwardly-directed arms betweenwhich the quill is placed, one of said arms being provided with a roller and the other with a disk which extends inthe direction of the eyelet-holder, an arm pivoted to said yoke and connected with said clutchrod and adapted to move the pulley toward and from the clutch-disk, said clutch-rod being also provided with an inwardly-directed arm, supports mounted in the bottom portion of the machine, thread-guiding arms pivoted to said supports, an oblong casing or tube pivoted between said thread-guiding arms and adapted to swing in a vertical plane, a ball placed in said casing or tube, a rod pivoted to said casing or tube and connected with the inwardly-directed arm of the clutch-rod, said clutch-rod being rotatable in said yoke and movable longitudinally therein, and means for holding said clutch-rod in difierent positions in said yoke, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a machine for winding silk, a main frame, a main power-shaft mounted in said frame, a vertically-arranged shaft geared in connection therewith and provided with a cam-block having a cam-groove in the face thereof, stationary supports at the opposite sides of the vertically-arranged shaft, adjustable blocks mounted in said supports, cranklevers pivoted to said blocks and provided with horizontal and vertically-arranged arms, means whereby the rotation of said vertically-arranged shaft will operate said cranklevers, horizontally-reciprocating rods mounted in the main frame, and means for connecting the upwardly-directed arms of the crank-levers with said rods, substantially as shown and described.

5. In a machine for winding silk, a horizontally-reciprocating rod, an eyelet-holder connected therewith, and means for supporting a quill parallel with the reciprocating rod, comprising a yoke provided with a clutch-disk having a shank adapted to engage one end of said quill, a pulley movable toward and from said clutchdisk, the other end of said quill being supported by a springoperated pin, a clutch-rod mounted in said yoke and movable parallel with the quillsupports and provided with outwardly-directed arms between which the quill is placed, one of said arms being provided with a roller and the other with a disk which extends in the (lirection of the eyelet-holder, and an arm piv oted to said yoke and connected with said clutch-rod and adapted to move the pulley toward and from the clutch-disk, said clutch= rod being also provided with an inwardly-directed arm, substantially as shown and described.

6. In a machine of the class described, a main frame, supports mounted in the bottom portion thereof, a yoke mounted in said frame, thread-guiding arms pivoted to said. supports, an oblong casing pivoted between said thread-guiding arms and adapted to swing in a vertical plane, a ball placed in said casing, a rod pivoted to said casing and connected with the inwardly-directed arm of the clutch-rod, said clutch-rod being rotatable in said yoke and movable longitudinally therein, and means for holding said clutch-rod in different positions of said yoke, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 21st day of June, 1905.

HEINRICH KAUFMANN.

Witnesses:

C. J. KLEIN, F. A. STEWART. 

